URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1971-1972 - AN AMS ANTHOLOGY, 1974 BY JACKWELL SUSMAN SEE NCJ-28615)

• NCJ Number: 28640
• Author(s): R MOSS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN GUERRILLA MOVEMENTS, EXAMINING THEIR ORIGINS AND TACTICS AS WELL AS THE URBAN AND SOCIETAL CONDITIONS WHICH FOSTER URBAN MILITANCY AND RELIEF IN A GLOBAL REVOLUTION THROUGH TERRORISM.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT GUERRILLA ACTIVITY IN SUCH PLACES AS SOUTHEAST ASIA, NORTHERN IRELAND, LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES. IN DISCUSSING PATTERNS OF URBAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE HE FOCUSES ON THREE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF URBAN OPERATIONS: THE DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS OF POPULATION MOVEMENTS, THE SENSE OF RELATIVE DEPRIVATION, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ELITIST CHARACTER OF THE TERRORIST. HE ALSO IDENTIFIES AND DISCUSSES FOUR MAIN URBAN GUERRILLA TECHNIQUES WHICH OFTEN EXPLAIN THE SUCCESS OF TERRORIST GROUPS: ARMED PROPAGANDA, POLITICAL KIDNAPPING, 'STIFFENING' RIOTS AND STRIKES, AND SUBVERSION OF SECURITY FORCES. FINALLY, THE AUTHOR COMMENTS ON SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN UPRISINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.